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Streaming mogul Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than other media companies like Game of Thrones and True Detective producer HBO.
[...] It's a notable comparison that highlights not only how incredulously popular Epic's last-man-standing shooter has become, but also how its impact is now being felt by some of the biggest names outside of the games industry.
Indeed, it's easy to see why Netflix considers Fortnite a main rival. The free-to-play title is available on almost every platform imaginable, from consoles and PCs to smartphones, and hit 8.3 million concurrent players before Christmas.
Is Netflix right? Is gaming a bigger long-term threat to streaming services than the streaming services are to each other?
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Netflix Claims Fortnite is Now a Bigger Competitor than HBO
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by goodie on Monday January 21 2019, @05:07AM (1 child)
To me, this has a specific meaning.
If you watch Netflix, chances are by now you have multiple service subscriptions (Prime, etc.). So, essentially, you're not looking to pick the best medium to watch your show. Nope. You're basically paying for multiple cable packages (cheaper for now, but we will get there eventually...) and you use the package based on what you want to watch. The point is, whether you watch Netflix or HBO, you are already in the path of watching something on tv.
Now, the game, it's something else. It's a different activity, not a different medium. So for Netflix, it's not about content, it's about the nature of the activity itself. Because if you play any game, you won't watch Netflix, or HBO or whatever else. Only when you want to watch a show do those competitors such as HBO etc. come into play. It's like the second stage of the process. The first one being "what do I want to do right now?"
You're not competing for streaming supremacy. You're competing for people's time, it's more fundamental. That's why they loved it when youngsters starting to talk about "netflix and chill".
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 21 2019, @08:54AM
Yes, time is very limited. Though not all games are the same, for example when playing single player strategy games, I can comfortably watch reruns of my favorite shows on another monitor.